Three foreign petroleum engineers abducted by South Sudanese rebels have been released after negotiations brokered by Sudan and Ethiopia, a Sudanese security agency said on Thursday. Indians Midhun...
Nigeria is facing a major shortfall in vaccines to contain an outbreak of meningitis that has claimed 282 lives since November last year, senior health officials said on Thursday. The head of the...
Ethiopia has extended the nationwide state of emergency declared last year by another four months on Thursday after lifting some restrictions two weeks ago. The country’s parliament unanimously...
Ethiopia's parliament on Thursday approved a four month extension of a state of emergency that was first imposed in October to quell nearly a year of anti-government protests. "The House unanimously...
Kenya's High Court on Wednesday gave parliament 60 days to enact legislation that would make it obligatory to have more female lawmakers, or face dissolution. Kenya's 2010 constitution requires that...
Premium mobile phone brand, TECNO Mobile has introduced its latest Camon CX unto the Ghanaian market after it was first launched in Kenya last week. The smartphone which has 16 megapixels for its...
Nearly 270 people, most of them children, have died in the past five months during the latest meningitis outbreak to hit Nigeria, public health officials said Wednesday. "Presently we have 1,828...
Comoros will now play in the group stage of the qualifying campaign for the 2019 AFCON South Sudan and Comoros booked their places in the group stage of qualifying for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations...
The number of Kenyans needing emergency food aid has doubled in the past three months to three million, the Red Cross said Tuesday, as the impact of a devastating drought worsens. Kenya is one of...
The Finnish government has allocated over EUR 18 million (over $20 million) to five famine-hit African countries at risk of death and starvation caused by drought and conflict. The countries are...
Kenya dominated the World Cross-Country Championships on Sunday, Geoffrey Kamworor defending his men's title, Irene Cheptai leading a historic cleansweep in the women's race and Asbel Kiprop helping...
Thousands of Ethiopians with family members in Israel have again had attempts to join them delayed, this time by a paperwork logjam, Israeli officials said on Sunday. Threatened by a revolt on the...
Kenya and their east African middle and long-distance running rivals, Ethiopia, will come face-to-face again at the 42nd World Cross Country Championships in the Ugandan capital Kampala on Sunday....
By Ohene Bampoe Lucifer’s fall from heaven is considered the greatest in the history of creation but Issa Hayatou’s defeat in the just ended Confederation of Africa Football elections will go...
Former Ghana assistant coach Gerard Nus says he is still owed bonuses despite claims by the Sports Ministry that his debt has been cleared. But the Spaniard has been confirmed receiving a part...
The World Cross Country Championship takes place in Kampala Sunday in Uganda's biggest ever sports showpiece, with the traditional rivalry between Kenyan and Ethiopian athletes set to dominate the...
One in four of the world’s children will be living in areas with extremely limited water resources by 2040 as a result of climate change, the UN has warned. Within two decades, 600 million children...
A commercial plane on Monday made a crash landing in poor weather at an airport in South Sudan, causing several injuries among the 43 on board. “It is miraculous, completely,” said Ateny Wek...
The just concluded CAF elections which saw the defeat of longest serving president, Issah Hayatou has opened the eyes of Ghana Football Association (GFA) president, Kwesi Nyantakyi to a huge lesson....
The visa denials made it difficult for them to connect with the guests The 2017 edition of the African Economic and Development Summit on trade, held in the United States, came off with no Africans...
